Bore Rig Operator

SupportFinity™; United States; On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401K with match

Employee Stock Ownership Program

Lineman Apprenticeship

Paid Vacation

Leadership Training

Uniforms & PPE

Job summary

Davis H. Elliot Company, Inc. seeks a Bore Rig Operator in the United States to manage directional drilling operations, including handling equipment, drilling through various soils, and ensuring installations meet client specs. The role prioritizes safety, site efficiency, and coordination with the crew.

Responsibilities include hand digging in congested areas, working around utilities, and applying knowledge of Vactron equipment while maintaining high customer standards across diverse job sites.

Qualifications

• Experience with directional bore rigs and locating.
• Ability to effectively lead a crew.
• Willingness to travel when necessary.
• Must have, or be eligible to obtain, a Class A CDL.

Responsibilities

• Operate bore rig and directional drilling equipment with safety and precision.
• Lead a crew and coordinate tasks across sites.
• Hand dig when needed and work around located utilities.
• Maintain customer installation standards under varying conditions.

Skills

Directional bore rigs

Crew leadership

Willing to travel

Class A CDL

Tools

Vactron

Job description

For over seven decades investor-owned utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and others have entrusted their electrical construction and maintenance needs to Davis H. Elliot Company, Inc. (Elliot).

Elliot is a full-service electrical contractor specializing in overhead and underground distribution, transmission, substations, lighting, traffic signaling, utility locating and industrial/commercial services.

Job Description

The Bore Rig Operator requires experience with directional drilling or locating equipment on a drill rig for longer than six months, operating excavating equipment, drilling various types of soil - including rock, handling various types of pipe and PVC, and maintaining customer standards for installation no matter the circumstances. The Bore Rig Operator will also be expected to hand dig in various situations – including across located utilities, in highly congested areas, or in areas where equipment cannot access. They will also need to have knowledge of using a Vactron, and mixing bore mud products, or be willing to learn.

Qualifications

• Experience with directional bore rigs and locating
• Ability to effectively lead a crew
• Willing to travel when necessary
• Must have, or be eligible to obtain, a Class A CDL

Benefits/Culture

Today, we are listed among Engineering News-Records Top 150 Specialty Contracting firms. Our success is based on our customers' confidence in us; the loyalty, hard work and performance of our people; and the traditions with which Mr. Davis H. Elliot began the company in 1946. We understand that having the best team requires people being treated like family.

Some of the benefits we offer our team includes:

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance w/ additional Voluntary Life Insurance
• 401K w/ company match
• Employee Stock Ownership Program
• State and Federally accredited Lineman Apprenticeship program
• Paid Vacation
• Servant Leadership Training
• Uniforms and PPE provided